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I work as part of Red Hat's virtualization team. I'm also a contributor to various upstream | I work as part of Red Hat's virtualization team. | ||
I'm also a contributor to various upstream projects: OpenStack, for about 10 years in the past; QEMU (the emulator project); KVM (the kernel-based hypervisor); libvirt (the virtualization API) and related projects. | |||
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I joined Red Hat in 2008, as a test engineer in the Identity and Security group. I worked on a [https://www.dogtagpki.org PKI project], focusing mostly on downstream testing for five years. | I joined Red Hat in 2008, as a test engineer in the Identity and Security group. I worked on a [https://www.dogtagpki.org PKI project], focusing mostly on downstream testing for five years. | ||
In 2013, I moved to the then-new OpenStack engineering team. I was involved in various efforts: (1) bootstrapping the OpenStack [https://www.rdoproject.org/community/faq/ RDO project] — a Red Hat-initiated community effort to package vanilla upstream OpenStack for Fedora (and later switched its focus to CentOS); as part of this, I was involved in all the "traditional work" that entails in building a community; (2) downstream productization; (3) work as a developer in in the upstream OpenStack, particularly as part of the [https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/ Compute project] that deals with virtualization workloads; (4) worked as "technical interface" between the OpenStack and | In 2013, I moved to the then-new OpenStack engineering team. I was involved in various efforts: (1) bootstrapping the OpenStack [https://www.rdoproject.org/community/faq/ RDO project] — a Red Hat-initiated community effort to package vanilla upstream OpenStack for Fedora (and later switched its focus to CentOS); as part of this, I was involved in all the "traditional work" that entails in building a community; (2) downstream productization; (3) work as a developer in in the upstream OpenStack, particularly as part of the [https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/ Compute project] that deals with virtualization workloads; (4) worked as "technical interface" between the OpenStack and virtualiziation teams, and their corresponding upstream projects). I spent about 10 years doing this. | ||
More recently, I | More recently, I spend my most of time on "all things" related to virtualization. | ||
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I strongly believe in, and | I strongly believe in, and practice, the "Upstream First" development model. I also value [https://opensource.com/article/22/3/transparency-open-source-community-manager transparent communication] and leadership. I hold this belief with thoughtful restraint. In terms of attitude, in light of new compelling evidence, I'm always willing to change my mind. I enjoy being a technical interface between the upstream communities that I'm a part of. And I've had a lot of practice with the (still) difficult art of of balancing upstream vs. downstream "hats". | ||
A list of some upstream technical talks I gave at various conferences — KVM Forum (where the Linux-based virtualization community come together), OpenStack Summit, FOSDEM, Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit, and more: | A list of some upstream technical talks I gave at various conferences — KVM Forum (where the Linux-based virtualization community come together), OpenStack Summit, FOSDEM, Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit, and more: | ||
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* https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/public-presentations.html | * https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/public-presentations.html | ||
I also | I also co-organize the Virt & IaaS "devroom" (it just means a sub-conference) at [https://fosdem.org FOSDEM]. | ||
I occasionally write for the | I occasionally write for the LWN.net: | ||
* ''A QEMU case study in grappling with software complexity'' — https://lwn.net/Articles/872321/ | * ''A QEMU case study in grappling with software complexity'' — https://lwn.net/Articles/872321/ | ||
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I've been a user of Fedora since Fedora 9. My package sponsor was "spot" (Tom Callaway), way back in 2009. I used to be a (not so diligent) Fedora package maintainer. I also [https://kashyapc.wordpress.com/2013/08/ presented] at the very first Fedora "Flock" conference, back in 2013 (Charleston, SC). After that, my participation was mostly from a virtualization angle ( | I've been a user of Fedora since Fedora 9. My package sponsor was "spot" (Tom Callaway), way back in 2009. I used to be a (not so diligent) Fedora package maintainer. I also [https://kashyapc.wordpress.com/2013/08/ presented] at the very first Fedora "Flock" conference, back in 2013 (Charleston, SC). After that, my participation in Fedora was mostly from a virtualization-related angle (package reviews, occasional test days, getting some software packaged for into Fedora, etc). | ||
My past Fedora [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?bug_status=CLOSED&component=Package%20Review&email1=kchamart%40redhat.com&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&list_id=2022950%20Completed%20Reviews package reviews]. | My past Fedora [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?bug_status=CLOSED&component=Package%20Review&email1=kchamart%40redhat.com&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&list_id=2022950%20Completed%20Reviews package reviews]. | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 10 January 2025
Kashyap Chamarthy
I work as part of Red Hat's virtualization team.
I'm also a contributor to various upstream projects: OpenStack, for about 10 years in the past; QEMU (the emulator project); KVM (the kernel-based hypervisor); libvirt (the virtualization API) and related projects.
History
I joined Red Hat in 2008, as a test engineer in the Identity and Security group. I worked on a PKI project, focusing mostly on downstream testing for five years.
In 2013, I moved to the then-new OpenStack engineering team. I was involved in various efforts: (1) bootstrapping the OpenStack RDO project — a Red Hat-initiated community effort to package vanilla upstream OpenStack for Fedora (and later switched its focus to CentOS); as part of this, I was involved in all the "traditional work" that entails in building a community; (2) downstream productization; (3) work as a developer in in the upstream OpenStack, particularly as part of the Compute project that deals with virtualization workloads; (4) worked as "technical interface" between the OpenStack and virtualiziation teams, and their corresponding upstream projects). I spent about 10 years doing this.
More recently, I spend my most of time on "all things" related to virtualization.
Upstream
I strongly believe in, and practice, the "Upstream First" development model. I also value transparent communication and leadership. I hold this belief with thoughtful restraint. In terms of attitude, in light of new compelling evidence, I'm always willing to change my mind. I enjoy being a technical interface between the upstream communities that I'm a part of. And I've had a lot of practice with the (still) difficult art of of balancing upstream vs. downstream "hats".
A list of some upstream technical talks I gave at various conferences — KVM Forum (where the Linux-based virtualization community come together), OpenStack Summit, FOSDEM, Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit, and more:
I also co-organize the Virt & IaaS "devroom" (it just means a sub-conference) at FOSDEM.
I occasionally write for the LWN.net:
- A QEMU case study in grappling with software complexity — https://lwn.net/Articles/872321/
- Challenges in protecting virtual machines from untrusted entities — https://lwn.net/Articles/838488/
- Changed-block tracking and differential backups in QEMU — https://lwn.net/Articles/837053/
Fedora
I've been a user of Fedora since Fedora 9. My package sponsor was "spot" (Tom Callaway), way back in 2009. I used to be a (not so diligent) Fedora package maintainer. I also presented at the very first Fedora "Flock" conference, back in 2013 (Charleston, SC). After that, my participation in Fedora was mostly from a virtualization-related angle (package reviews, occasional test days, getting some software packaged for into Fedora, etc).
My past Fedora package reviews.
Contact
- Fedora Account: kashyapc
- Email: kashyapc@fedoraproject.org
- Matrix: kashyapc
